Mother Courage and Her Children

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National Theatre

9 episodes

11 months ago

Warner talks about the play, her particular approach to the project and Brecht.

Performing Arts

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Warner talks about the play, her particular approach to the project and Brecht.

Performing Arts

Arts

Episodes (9/9)

Mother Courage and Her Children

Brechtian theatre coming to life

Making creative suggestions is key to Brecht's work. This film looks at his theoretical work.

14 years ago

6 minutes 19 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Art of cart

The most important object in the play is the cart that Mother Courage has for all her merchandise, from it we can see what her financial situation is each time she appears. This film looks at the design process behind the cart in the show.

14 years ago

4 minutes 32 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Deborah Warner's starting point

Warner talks about the play, her particular approach to the project and Brecht.

14 years ago

4 minutes 30 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Fiona Shaw on stage

An insight into what happens before the curtain rises on a show.

14 years ago

10 minutes 12 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Motherhood, Commerce and War

Courage is a business woman because she is a mother. Courage can't be a mother because she is a business woman

14 years ago

3 minutes 48 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Sound and music

The director wanted music that was neither modern, nor old, and certainly not a pastiche so Deborah Warner approached Duke Special.

14 years ago

6 minutes 21 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Creating the visual narrative

Using large white shutters as the set changed the approach to the piece. Light, sound and video were used in place of a big set.

14 years ago

3 minutes 19 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

A popular play spectacle

Making a space that is inviting and exciting for an audience. A play is not a history lesson.

14 years ago

3 minutes 58 seconds

Mother Courage and Her Children

Deborah Warner's Mother Courage and her Children (2009) - Pamphlet

A pamphlet about Deborah Warner's production of Mother Courage and her Children at the National Theatre in 2009, starring Fiona Shaw. The Pamphlet contains production images, articles, interviews, points for discussion, and suggested activities for classroom work.

14 years ago

3 seconds